Contents. Brief sketches of the important events of the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.
Opening scenes show Berlin's huge stadium in which the games were held. Streets leading to it are lined with flags from participating nations. Adolf Hitler rides through the streets on the way to the arena. Athletes from 52 nations led by the Greeks, originators of the games, enter the stadium. The last runner in a relay of youths who have carried a lighted torch from Athens, runs through the stadium to an altar where he lights the flame to officially open the games.
Hilde Fleischer, a German girl, wins the women's javelin throw and breaks the world record. Cornelius Johnson of California wins the high jump, and Jesse Owens breaks world records in the 100 and 200 meter races. There follow slow-motion views of the discus throw, the finals of which were won by Kenneth Carpenter of California. Forrest Towns wins the 110-meter hurdles for the United States and secures America's ninth gold medal. Gerhard Stoeck of Germany wins the javelin throw, and Jack Lovelock of New Zealand sets a new 1,500-meter record. Earle Meadows of the United States wins the pole vault. Helen Stephens is shown as the key member of the winning American women's 400-meter relay team. Glenn Morris wins the decathlon. America's 400-meter relay team, composed of Jesse Owens, Frank Wyckoff, Ralph Metcalfe, and Foy Draper, lowers the world record. Kitei Son, a Japanese, wins a grueling marathon. Dick Degener, Marshall Wayne, and Al Greene, all of the United States, win the first three places in men's diving events. Marjorie Gestring, Katherine Rawls, and Dorothy Poynton Hill repeat this victory for the women. Rita Mastenbroek of the Netherlands wins the 100-meter women's swimming event. The University of Washington Huskies win the eight-oared rowing race.

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